“UP STF to probe Christianity conversion racket in Ghaziabad after a couple was arrested for offering money to people of marginalised communities to convert”, Opindia, July 30, 2023:

“After a couple was recently arrested in the Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh for converting the members of marginalised communities in Ghaziabad by offering them money, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has taken over the investigation into the matter. 

The accused pastor Mahinder Kumar and his wife Seema are residents of Peernagar Sudana in the Hapur district. The action was taken after an FIR was filed based on a complaint that some people were pressing and offering money to needy people in the Modinagar area to convert them to Christianity. The police had also seized three mobile phones during the arrest and are analysing the call details. 

According to authorities, the couple ran a charitable trust called Bethlehem Gospel and was receiving funds from overseas to allegedly convert members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities to Christianity…..”

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